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Opening Ceremony of TWGHs Jockey Club Intergenerational
Art Centre
Funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, “TWGHs Jockey Club
Intergenerational Art Centre” was opened with a pioneering approach featuring
art programmes and intergeneration to support the well-being of elders with
dementia and their caregivers.
The Opening Ceremony cum Art Promotion Day of the Centre was held on 10
March 2018 with Ms. PANG Kit Ling, Assistant Director (Elderly) of the Social
Welfare Department, Mr. Horace LIT, Senior Charities Manager of The Hong Kong
Jockey Club Charities Trust and Dr. LEE Yuk Lun, JP, the Chairman, officiating.
The Art Promotion Day included a variety of activities such as intergenerational
performances, artwork booths and an exhibition of artworks from elders with
dementia and youths, attracting numerous participants from collaborative partners
as well as tertiary, secondary and primary students and other members of the
general public.
Music with Movement Intervention for Dementia Patients
The TWGHs Elderly Services Section
invited the Centre on Behavioural
Health of The University of Hong
Kong to design the music with
movement intervention for elders
with dementia. Integrated with
local music and simple tailor-
made body movements, the
group intervention provided
multiple stimulations with an aim
at improving mood and agitated
behaviour of the elderly. It was one
of thewinners of the Best Dementia
Care at the “5th Asia Pacific
Eldercare Innovation Awards”.
Promoting “Physical and Mental Revitalisation Therapy”
to Rehabilitation Services
To improve the cognitive abilities of the aged blind and users with intellectual
disabilities, TWGHs promoted the “Physical and Mental Revitalisation Therapy”,
which was applied widely in its Elderly Services Section, to the Rehabilitation
Services Section of the Group in 2017. A total of 22 staff members from the Section
completed a training course for beginners organised by Mr. Ogawa Shinsei, the
founder of the Physical and Mental Revitalisation Therapy. A total of 77 therapeutic
training sessions were organised, benefitting 655 service users.
50 and Beyond- Pioneer Service in Residential Service for
Elderly People with Intellectual Disabilities
Rehabilitation Services Section of TWGHs has responded proactively to the
community’s rising concerns about elderly people with intellectual disabilities.
It launched the first facility of its kind in Hong Kong, a home for mentally-
handicapped elders. To share this new service model with the industry and the
general public, a seminar cum open day was held on 7 July 2017 at TWGHs Jockey
Club Rehabilitation Complex and TWGHs Jockey Club Tsin Chueng Day Activity
Centre cum Hostel, was also opened to visitors. Mr. David LEUNG, JP, Commissioner
for Rehabilitation, was invited to officiate at the seminar and Prof. Christine BIGBY
from Australia was invited to share her insights with 320 participants.
東華三院賽馬會耆青藝坊開幕典禮
承蒙香港賽馬會慈善信託基金捐助，本院成
立了全港首間以藝術活動及長幼共融理念，
支援社區認知障礙症患者及其護理者的服務
單位─東華三院賽馬會耆青藝坊。
耆青藝坊的開幕典禮暨藝術推廣日於2018年
3月10日舉行，由社會福利署助理署長（安老服
務）彭潔玲女士、香港賽馬會事務經理列浩然
先生，及主席李鋈麟博士太平紳士主禮。當日
的藝術推廣活動包括長幼共融表演、藝術創
作攤位及耆青藝術作品展覽，吸引了不少協作
團體、大專、中小學學生及公眾人士參與。
認知障礙症音樂律動小組
本院的安老服務部邀請香港大學行為健康教研
中心合作，為認知障礙症長者設計了一套以本
地化音樂為主題的小組活動，以音樂和簡單的
肢體動作，形成一個結合感官、情緒及聯想
的多元刺激活動，從而改善長者的情緒和躁
動行為。這項活動於2017年舉行的第五屆亞
太區創新長者照顧獎中，成為最佳認知障礙症
活動獎得主之一。
推廣「心身機能活性運動療法」
至復康服務
為改善視障長者及智障人士的認知障礙，東
華三院於2017年將已廣泛應用於安老服務部
的「心身機能活性運動療法」推廣至復康服務
部。該部22名員工在此療法的創辦人小川老
師教導下，完成初級指導士培訓課程，並在
東華三院賽馬會復康中心為視障長者及智障人
士提供77節治療訓練，共有655名服務使用者
參與。
50後的藍天─智障長者院舍服務
本院的復康服務部開辦全港首間智障長者院
舍，以回應社會人士對智障人士高齡化的關注，
並於2017年7月7日在東華三院賽馬會復康中
心舉行分享會，與業界及社會人士分享這個服
務模式，同時開放「智障人士老齡化院舍─賽
馬會展翔日間活動中心暨宿舍」予參加者參觀。
活動邀得康復專員梁振榮太平紳士主禮，並邀
請來自澳洲的專家Christine BIGBY教授講解
服務的發展，與320名參加者作經驗交流。
主禮嘉賓及學者在台上交流經驗。
Officiating guests and scholars shared experiences in
the seminar.
本院的安老服務部與香港大學繼續合作，安排學生到
安老院舍持續推行音樂律動小組。
The TWGHs Elderly Services Section continued the
collaboration with The University of Hong Kong to
further promote the music with movement intervention
conducted by students in TWGHs residential homes.
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